KV35
Sign in to saveTomb KV35 is the burial place of Amenhotep II, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Later, it was used as a cache for other royal mummies. It was discovered by Victor Loret in March 1898.
Key facts
- Egyptian tomb.name
- KV35
- Egyptian tomb.owner
- Amenhotep II
- Egyptian tomb.image
- Current exterior pic tomb 35.jpg
- Egyptian tomb.caption
- Entrance to KV35
- Egyptian tomb.location
- East Valley of the Kings
- Egyptian tomb.date
- March 9, 1898
- Egyptian tomb.excavated
- Victor Loret
- Egyptian tomb.layout
- Bent-axis
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- KV34
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 362.85
- Image
- Raum des Sarkophags KV35.jpg
- Length
- 91.87
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- KV35
- time of discovery or invention
- 1898-00-00
- described at URL
- thebanmappingproject.com/sites/default/files/plans/KV35_1.pdf
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Tomb KV35 is the burial place of Amenhotep II, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Later, it was used as a cache for other royal mummies. It was discovered by Victor Loret in March 1898.
==Layout and history== thumb|Isometric, plan and elevation images of KV35 It has a bent axis, typical of the layout of early Eighteenth Dynasty tombs, but several features make this tomb unusual. The burial chamber is rectangular and divided into upper and lower pillared sections, with the lower part holding the cartouche-shaped royal sarcophagus of the king. This style of burial chamber became standard for royal burials in the later New Kingdom.
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